Abyss Express

Foreword:

[Deceitful friendship is a painful wound, false sympathy is a sharp poisoned arrow]

[——Ilya Nikolaevich Ulyanov]

[Part① Palace of the Soviets]

Among the mountains in the distance, there is a huge palace.

Its base has four square and equal-sided high walls, shaped like layers of cakes, divided into nine stepped palaces, and further up are the twin towers on the left and right, with Albert Einstein holding it high on one side. The sculpture with the arm pointing to the sky, but the statue on the other side has been destroyed, which seems to be a portrait of some Soviet leader.

It is the Palace of Soviets—

——The main building of the Albert Research Station.

The armed train went all the way down the winding mountain railway and entered the spiral pit of the Grand Canyon.

Meteor leaned against the car window and saw the bright lights at the bottom of the valley and the big statues of the Petronas Towers.

He tugged at Xue Ming's sleeve, asking questions like a curious baby.

"Brother Ming, why is the scientific research station built in such a place? The environment here is too harsh. Aren't the scientists all delicate and frail literati? What if a terrifying monster comes out of Niflheim? Don’t all these high-tech talents have to die?”

"Because the dark matter project needs this kind of environment." Jiang Xueming pulled Meteor to his side and pointed to the city's scientific research listening base station: "Meteor, look—our motherland also has this kind of equipment, which is about 8,000 to 10,000 meters underground , can isolate most of the clutter from the universe, and can listen to and observe dark matter in this absolutely quiet environment. In addition, we have a dark matter satellite to cooperate with, and its name is [Wukong]—— —It’s amazing, isn’t it?”

Meteor stuck to Xueming's side, and asked curiously: "Brother Ming, where did you learn this knowledge?"

"Read more books, read more newspapers, I just know a little bit." Jiang Xueming explained: "The name of the Albert Research Station should refer to Einstein. During the Cold War, in addition to nuclear physics, the Soviet Union wanted to In front of the gate of the kingdom of death, a sliver of divine power was stolen, and this scientific research station is their last ruins."

Meteor said: "But it failed."

Jiang Xueming: "It's not it, it's them—shooting stars, they are never a certain banner, a certain symbol or a certain object, they are a group of people. It is human beings who created this city."

Meteor asked in surprise: "Isn't this scientific research station built by the boss and the giants?"

"It is a typical Soviet architectural style." Jiang Xueming's dark eyes reflected the faint blue light of the building complex: "There are no porch roads for giants to pass through, and the windowsills and door openings of palace buildings are all designed for human beings. In Armenia, a remote part of the Transcaucasus, there are many Soviet-era architects, showing artistic sentiment in this small country."

Speaking of which, the train is about to stop.

At the bridge of the platform, you can also see the human-shaped stairways on both sides.

Jiang Xueming said: "Look, this is the shape of Yerevan's socialist ladder."

Bu Liuxing asked: "Brother Ming, why do you know a little about everything?"

Jiang Xueming denied it categorically: "No, before I wanted to do decoration for [JoeStar], I took the time to study the historical architectural styles of various countries. The aesthetics of the Soviets reveals an aloof and cold temperament, which is impressive. I Once you see it, you will never forget it.”

As the train slowly stopped in front of the platform of the scientific research station, after more than forty hours of trekking, everyone finally arrived at the first destination of the trip.

As soon as Jiang Xueming got off the train, he saw a huge number of soldiers rushing up from both sides of the lonely railroad track, once again crowding the armed special train, and within a minute, its iron wheels began to spin again, rushing towards the red star hill. The boundless wilderness.

Su Ling and Xue Ming said: "These people are the soldiers of the Guangling Zhixi Snow Mastiff Army. We took a ride with them - this train should be the last one. Before the boss survives the harvest season, except for what I mentioned There will be no other trains coming here for those two convoys.”

Xue Ming: "Understood. What should we do now? Leader?"

"I'm going to buy something, you wait here for the connector." Su Ling hugged Xiao Qi, snatched the apprentice away from the handsome man, and brought Xiao Qi's soul back to the cold reality.

"Let's split up and see you at the Red Nail Hotel." Xia Xia grabbed 3301's sleeves and said to Xue Ming, "Don't go too far from the railway line. There is no satellite signal or electromagnetic signal base station here. If you want to contact us, just contact us." Wired calls only. Follow your contact."

The two VIPs rushed out in a hurry, and disappeared without a trace after a while.

Xue Ming and Meteor were the only ones left on the huge platform, as well as a whole lot of luggage.

Bu Liuxing made a hypothesis, trying to figure out the VIPs' thoughts from the most malicious angle.

"Brother Ming, is there a possibility, I mean is there a possibility—Ms. A Ling simply didn't want to carry her luggage, so she found an excuse and went shopping."

Xue Ming picked up the luggage of the two distinguished guests and walked towards the exit.

"No need to assume, what they said is very clear, and they almost wrote [work for me, boys should be coolies] written on their faces."

Ah Xing scratched his head and grabbed Xia Xia's big iron box. He couldn't lift it up for a while, but saw that he was pushing hard, his face flushed, and he finally hugged the rectangular smooth iron box of more than five meters in the In his arms, he walked forward tremblingly.

As soon as the two of them got out of the station, they saw the martial arts training ground in front of the Palace of Soviets.

There are not many people on the Mendong Avenue open to traffic, and most of them are security guards. The city is blowing cold winds all year round, and the outdoor environment is not suitable for human survival.

Then I saw a skinny young man approaching Xue Ming and saying hello.

"Hello, are you comrades from Nine Realms Station?"

It's a boy, only twenty-five or six years old, and Xueming would call out brother when he saw it.

The man looked timid, cautious in his speech, with eyes like two jaspers, dry blond hair, sunken cheeks, protruding brows, and protruding temples.

It's like being in a state of neurasthenia all year round. You have to grit your teeth and persist, but you can't eat high-quality fat. The occlusal muscles on both sides of the skull are well developed, but there is not much oily cheeks.

Xueming stretched out his hand: "Hi, comrade, what's your name?"

It seems that this is the liaison person Mr. A Ling mentioned.

"Diamond." The little brother stretched out his hand first, then retracted it nervously, and wiped it on the cotton sweater. As if it was not clean enough, he took out a jug of wine from the clothes, and washed off the sludge on his hands with the wine. It was reddened by the cold wind, and the dry and cracked texture could be seen, finally holding Xueming's big warm hand.

Xue Ming: "Is it Russian?"

Diamond was stunned for a while——

—and said his own Russian name.

"Dear Davari! My name is Avjay Vlamikir Grunia Veronka Diamondnov!"

Xueming: "Okay Brother Dai, my surname is Jiang, you can call me Xiao Jiang."

Diamond immediately emphasized with Xue Ming: "Davari, do you think my name is too long and too complicated to remember?"

Xueming and Meteor said: "Just call Dai brother."

Meteor smiled and said, "Hello, Brother Dai! My name is Bu Liuxing! What constellation are you from?"

Diamond didn't think too much, and talked to Xue Ming.

"Xiao Jiang, come with me. There is no broadcasting system here. Let's go to the place Jason agreed."

Who is Jason?

Meteor became confused when he heard the name of this strange person.

Until Xueming figured out some clues from the other party's Russian accent.

He explained to Meteor.

"This is another transliteration of [Jason·杰森]. Brother Dai is Russian, and there are regional differences in interpretation. It is normal for them to like to disassemble and interpret words."

"Oh! I thought I had a new friend!" Meteor hurried forward with his luggage in his arms.

The three crashed into the snowstorm and headed for the East Street of the Soviet Palace training ground.

Diamond is a talkative person. He is 1.88 meters tall and looks like a tough aspen tree in the strong wind. He took out a velvet hat from his satchel and handed it to the two passengers, and then began to talk about Jason.

"After Jason returned to the scientific research station, he was still as weird as before. His illness has not been cured yet."

Xue Ming took the velvet cap and put it on his head, and stuffed the earmuffs into the thick fur collar.

"He's mentally ill? Are you talking about nervousness? That's not cured."

Just as Meteor was about to speak, poisonous ice flakes flew into his mouth, causing him to spit several times.

Diamond covered his mouth and nose, and shouted, "It's not just neurotic, Davari—this guy is also paranoid."

Xueming asked: "Tell me about it in detail?"

The travel efficiency of the three of them was very low. Without the protection of Teacher A Ling, Xue Ming and Meteor felt that it was difficult to move in this terrifying mountain.

Diamond breathed heavily, walked three hundred meters, and finally had a chance to speak.

"He has always imagined that there is a girl he loves waiting for him here."

"What?" Xue Ming's eyes were out of focus, and it was difficult to understand the meaning of this sentence: "What did you say? Brother Dai?"

Diamond acted as a reply reader: "I say! Jason! Go back to the scientific research station this time and go to Red Star Mountain to find his sweetheart, but that girl doesn't exist at all! I've never seen this person before!"

Xue Ming stuck to Brother Dai's side, wanting to ask clearly.

"You mean, Wendy Mills is fake? Didn't exist in the first place?"

Diamond didn't know what to say, he hadn't even heard of this name, he just talked about Jason's past with Xue Ming.

"Three years ago, he came here alone to purchase equipment and weave clothes. He was going to the Red Star Mountain outpost to complete the VIP trial task. But for some reason, he kept saying that there was a waiter by his side helping him with his work. ——People at the scientific research station think he is sick."

Diamond pointed to his head, and tapped his temple lightly with the back of his finger.

"Brain is sick."

It's not a curse word--

——more like explaining the facts calmly.

"Jason is a good man. He is older than me. When I was discouraged, he told me many historical stories. He said that I am a brave and savage Russian, a descendant of the Soviets, and I will definitely overcome the wind and snow. ——But the girl or the Soviet Union he talked about may have died before I was born, I have no inspiration and vision, and I can’t see the ghosts in these history books.”

Xueming was surprised in his heart. If the cook's sweetheart just disappeared, and he could see people alive and dead, there are traces to follow.

What if this girl Wendy is really a phantom in Jason's mind as Diamond said?

He only hesitated for a moment, and then continued to move forward firmly.

What else can I do?

Take one step at a time.

[Part② False love, false meaning, false AK]

Go to the hotel to ask for clarification. If the secondary goal of this trip cannot be completed, there is another main goal, which is to help Jason perform the unfinished task.

Diamond walked and talked all the way.

"I am a prospector in the public works section, and my usual job is to drill holes. I have been drilling holes in this place for thirteen years-in fact, the public works section and the entire agency are already in a state of semi-strike, except that the dark matter interception research institute is still in operation , the engineering career has long been suspended. When I was born, my mother died of dystocia, and my father thought that I would not survive seven months, so he threw me into the Red Nail Hotel. The boss took me in, and I did nothing with people meaningful things."

Xue Ming: "It's meaningless?"

"It's literally meaningless. Most of the industrial facilities here have been acquired by Aohan Mingde. The coal for heating boilers has been replaced by nuclear power. Our new generation can't find suitable jobs. The talents of scientific research institutions are all They were sent in from the outside, and occasionally someone would go to Tianqiong Station to study and seek Taoism, and never come back. But the Albert Scientific Research Station needs people, even if they are people who are eating and waiting to die.” Diamond’s tone was very depressed, with an air Que Zhengrong: "If the population of the entire scientific research station falls below a certain threshold, the terrifying spiritual pressure from Niflheim will destroy the lonely spiritual world of the researchers in the scientific research station—we are like surrounding them Ao Han Mingde sent us material currency, and sent fresh movies and games in, just afraid that we would leave here."

Brother Dai broke through a windy path ahead, letting the two juniors hide behind his tall and thin body.

"If we also leave, I am afraid that the 70-year-old Soviet Palace will become a ghost town, a historical site many, many years later. Although I don't know who built it , To be honest, every time I see it, I will be confused, it existed before I was born, maybe after I die, I don’t know what it is used for.”

Xue Ming asked emphatically: "That Jason, that is, Jason—you and him knew each other three years ago?"

Diamond replied immediately.

"That's right, I've been working very hard, lest one day Aohen Mingde will be weak and unable to send out supplies and money. I'm afraid our site will die the fastest - here is the nearest place where humans can live The local trade transfer station is more than hundreds of kilometers away.”

"I have been digging, digging, digging down with the drill bit, hoping to dig out more gabbro, and send it to Aohan Mingde as a base material for the pyroxene project, so that I can send some more Useful, so that it will not become a victim when the station system encounters a huge risk. When a company encounters a financial crisis, the first thing to lay off is the department that is waiting to die? Are you right? This is what I said in the movie learned."

"But my crew and foreman didn't understand me, they called me [Diamond the hole-puncher]—they isolated me, ostracized me, and treated me like a different kind of scab. Every paycheck One day, if I can exchange gabbro for more money and supplies, someone will blackmail me and threaten me with knives and sticks.”

"Three years ago, Jason helped me send these people away. At that time, I saw him beat up sixteen people with his bare hands, but he told me that it was all done by Wendy Mills."

"I don't understand, I just think this guy is weird and powerful."

Walking on the East Street, with the protection of the building complex, the wind has become smaller.

Xueming returned the velvet cap to Brother Dai.

"Thanks."

Diamond put away his hat and continued to lead the way.

"You're welcome, Davari —— I can speak Chinese, and I have studied it for a long time. I know that China and the Soviet Union are brothers, but you don't seem to like Russia very much. I haven't figured out the difference between the Soviet Union and Russia. Wait for me If I have the opportunity to study in the big library, I will definitely figure it out."

Xueming wanted to say something, but couldn't.

Diamond went on to say: "Jason told me the same way at the time. If you have any troubles, you can ask the Chinese for help. You like to count favors rather than pay with money. You are clever, cunning, gentle and lovely. Clever The point is that favors are invaluable, and if you can take advantage of something, you will never let it go—the cute thing is that as long as you accept the favor, you will definitely remember it, and if you don’t pay favors, you may feel guilty for a long time in your heart. "

Meteor immediately smiled and said, "Definitely! Brother Dai! If there is anyone in this land who dares to bully you! I will be the first to say no!"

The three of them walked in the direction of the Red Nail Hotel.

Diamond continued.

"The last time Jason came to this place, he bargained with the people in the city to buy chariots and cold clothes. After the suspension of various work groups, there were also craftsmen in the field of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Slaughtering customers and killing pigs - he knew these routines, so he made cold clothes himself, and asked me to go to the steel factory to ask someone to get an old car. This car was obviously repaired by me and Jason, but he said it was Wendy Mills is ingenious, Jason made all the clothes on us, but he said Wendy Mills had a heart—in a word, he often talked to the air, he kissed the air, and embraced the air.”

Having said that, Diamond paused.

"Occasionally, I can still hear the sound of him sleeping with the air in the hotel."

Jiang Xueming's brain went down for a while.

"What exactly?"

Diamond blushed, like an innocent boy who had never seen a strange girl before.

"It's literally."

After saying this, the big brother Maozi walked forward quickly and knocked on the door of the Red Nail Hotel.

A gust of hot, warm air gushed out from the door, and as soon as Diamond entered, he was grabbed by a big hand.

I saw a big man with a fat head and big ears in a white vest and overalls arresting Diamond.

"Isn't this our scab Diamond?!"

The big man grinned, with a cigarette between his fingers, and vegetable leaves and shredded meat in his yellow teeth.

"How many rocks have you dug this month? How much money have you earned? Are you going to insult us with money?"

His thick arms tightly grasped Diamond's neck, asking aggressively.

"Diamond? Why did you take a western name? Like a sparkling diamond? Or, have you become a running dog of capitalism? You have to work hard for a big company that is proud and ruthless, like a walking dead! Have you forgotten our lofty ideal?!"

Diamond looked like a chicken whose neck had been strangled, and his face was flushed.

"Let go let go let me go. let go"

He slapped the strong man's arm feebly, feeling the brutal and powerful strength of the working class.

The brawny man just pouted and asked innocently.

"Can't hear! Can't hear at all! Start again! Can't hear!"

Jiang Xueming took out a gun from his pocket——

——The moment the AK12 is displayed.

All the people on the first floor of the small hotel, about 31 of them pulled out their guns from under the table and pointed them at the strangers outside the gate in the wind and snow.

These sloppy men are holding AK-47 in their hands. It is a stamped mahogany receiver, which is very old.

When people saw the dick in Xueming's hands, they started screaming.

"What kind of freak is that?!"

"That gas! That handguard! That Picatinny rail!"

"Why would someone add so many tactical modifications to the AK?!"

"My God! Guns Jesus! What a wicked devil!"

Meteor didn't dare to take a breath. They didn't have bulletproof vests, Morpho suits, or heavy armor. The more than 30 guns in this hotel could definitely kill them.

Xue Ming put away the gun first, and talked with Meteor.

"Relax, the things in these people's hands are all models. There are no bullets in the gun mechanism, and there is no complete firing structure-it looks like something made of a pile of wood and rotten iron."

Meteor looked carefully, and occasionally could see the guilty cold sweat on the faces of these bluffing guys.

The leading strong man took out a table knife, held Diamond by the neck, and said to Jiang Xueming in a sneering tone.

"You are also from the Nine Realms Station? You are not welcome here, go away."

Xue Ming took out his stick and was about to beat someone up.

Meteor immediately yelled, "Put my friend down first!"

The strong man immediately said: "This guy is your friend? Diamond! You actually became friends with the passengers at Nine Worlds Station? My God! I can't believe it! You can do such a thing?! Deceitful friendship is pain The wounds, hypocritical sympathy are sharp poisonous arrows! You have betrayed our hearts!"

Diamond's nails dug two red marks on the strong man's arm, but he was still speechless.

The strong man then scolded.

"You first drilled holes in the mines and stole the inheritance of the Soviet ancestors, and now you have to join these shameless and ungrateful passengers. How many bad things have you done? Diamond! How many times are you going to hurt our comrades?"

He put Diamond down and spit to his heart's content.

"Our supplies this month are running low again! Do you know! Aohen Mingde is exploiting us in this way! It's because of you! Because you sent gabbros to the station—these greedy guys want to You promote it as a labor idol, and you want us to work in the mines too! Otherwise, we will starve! We will die!"

Diamond was finally able to breathe. He just felt that these compatriots were unreasonable, like breathing dioxin for a long time, living in an area with abnormal spiritual pressure, and they were already close to madness.

"No no no! That's not the case!"

Xue Ming stepped forward with a stick, and Diamond stopped him immediately.

"No! No! Don't! Davari! Don't hurt them—they're just like Jason! Sick! Twenty years in a place like this, we'll all be sick!"

Right now, right now.

Jason walked slowly down from the second floor.

His face was gloomy, as if he could suck all the good things into those vicious eyes.

When the men on the first floor saw this fierce spirit, they immediately suppressed their arrogance, as if they had been beaten up more than once by this little bourgeois from the west.

Just the sound of Jason's footsteps on the solid wooden floor on the first floor can shut up these noisy "comrades".

Xue Ming immediately started to pack his luggage and handed one of the bags to Jason.

When Jason saw Diamond, he just nodded, took the burden, checked the cold clothes, and talked to Xue Ming.

"Diamond didn't tell you anything strange, did he?"

Xueming has always been straightforward.

"He said that you are a second dimension, and Wendy Mills is the virtual idol in your mind."